Application StartUp

The ApplicationEventHandler approach for registering events has been removed in Umbraco V8, The new approach for registering custom code at 'ApplicationStarted' / 'ApplicationStarting' uses a combination of 'Components' and 'Composers', you can find examples on the Composing page.

Core developer Stephan also has a series of blog posts about the changes:

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